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20 things you may not know about 'Forrest Gump' as the movie celebrates 20 years. Forrest Gump, which ran onto the big screen on July 6, 1994, was based on the book written by Mobile native Winston Groom. Like many movies based on books, the screenplay doesn't follow the book. Writer Eric Roth made the love story primary and Forrest Gump's adventures secondary. Roth also added Gump needing braces as a child and his run across the United States. However, in talking with Groom, he doesn't appear miffed at the liberties.
Forrestâs character is portrayed as extremely childlike; his mental disability shows him as an innocent child in an adultâs body â Sympathy - âThe film-makers of Forrest Gump chose to portray a character with learning difficulties as a man-child, a loveable fool, an incorruptible âsimpletonââ (Kimpton, A. Gump and Co.